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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
CRIME.

AT st. Paul, Saturday night, Thomas
Nc Carthy fatally shot Harry Smith, a
single man, for alleged improper init
macy with his wife.
THE Uriaed States Supreme Court has
affirmed Judgment in the case of Jack
Hayey, the Jefferson City, No., murderer,
and July s has been fixed as the date for
the execution.
CHARLES SPENCER, formerly Chicago
real-estate dealer, has been indicted at
Pierre, Dakota, for cattle-stealiIg. He
is one of the prominent men of the ter
ritory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

AN Austrian bankrupt Prince has par
alyzed the aristocracy by going into the
grocery business to make living. 1t is
disgusting to think real Prince should
work for living when there are rich
American girls who could be married for
the asking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

In Wichita, Kas., Sunday night, two
children of Frank Tucker, aged and 5
years, died within twenty minutes of each
other. They were sick but few hours,
and died ia the greatest agony, giving
every indication of having taken
poison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
Not First {
NUJ Il IISU
Detroit Free Press.

Bertie-Say, mamma, me and Harry had
race to-day.
Mamma-Yes, dear, but you should say
Harry and instead of me and Harry.
When you speak of yourself and another
person, you should always place your
friend first.
B.-But he wasn't fist, mumma. I
beat him two rods. Time enough to
place him fist when he gets there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

Co1,oNrr DAN RIor, the veteran show
man and clown, was married on Wednes-
day to Mrs. M. G. Robinson, wealthy
Texas ranch owner. Mr.. Rice is over 73
and the bride about As, and it is said to
be genuine loyematch, as everybody
will certainly hope is the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

COLONEL GILBERT A. PIERCE, formerly
Chicago journalist, and more and recently
Governor of the Territory of Dakota,
has been elected President of the Univer-
sity of Dakota, located at the city of
Grand Forks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

LORD SALISBURY remarks that he can't
call to mind single statue of a man at
tired in "clawhammer" coat. That is
easily accounted for. The men who are
addicted to "clawhammer" coats are not
the sort to whom statues are erected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

The constitutional prohibitory amend
ment was defeated in the Massachusetts
House of Representatives by vote of
139 to 74-not the necessary two-thirds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
Ethel Told the Truth.
Chambers Journal.

"Now tell me Ethel said agoverness,
ssvhat letter comes after hfn please,
Miss Parker, don't know" What have
1 got blythe side of my noseF' asked the
goyern3ss. ga lot of powder was Miss
Ethel's s. startling reply
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

AMONG the bills passed by the Michi-
gan House of Representatives Wednes-
day, was one requiring that all railroad
passenger trains shall make regular stops
at stations nearest to State institutions.
Another appropriates $4,000 for furn-
ishing the attic stories of the Asylum
for the Insane at Kalamazoo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

The quarterly report of the Western
Union Telegraph Company shows a bal
ance in favor of the company of $780,
1926. A dividend of per cent is de
dared
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

A PLTRoL of the coasts of the United
States by vessels of the revenue marine
has been established by the Treasury De-
partment as safeguard against the
introduction Of infectious diseases from
abroad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

The Canadian minister of fisheries
makes out good case for last year,-the
total value of the catch being S18,679,000,
or an increase of $956,OOO over 1885.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

DENIS RYAN, the st. Paul capitalist, who
is now rated at $7,OOO,OOO, could hardly
Lave raised 5000 in cash q dozen years
ago. He is only 40 years old, af agreea
BILE manners. free from purse-proud pro-
cliyities and has nsver forgotten the
friends of his struggling days. He made
his money in mines, real estate and lum-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

GENERAL JAMES S. SPEED, of X entUcky,
is reported to be dying. He was Attorney
General in president Lincoln's Cabinet,
and is 80 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

The plans for the three now cruisers
and two gunboats are now ready for the
inspections of contractors, who will have
until the 1st of August to study them.
They are to be the swiftest war ships ahoat,
and the mere contemplation of such nav
al grandeur almost takes an Americans
breath way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16

The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows at Madison Wednesday elected
officers. George B. B. Kidder, of Star
Prairie, is Grand Master.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
An INDECENT Organ.

When the liver is INDECENT, as it must necessar-
lily be when it fails to secrete the bile in sufficient
quantities to meet the requirements of digestion
and evacuation, it should be set at work with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The healthful
stimulus to activity impaired by this incompar-
able Alternative, speedily evinces itself in de-
parture of the uncomfortable sensations in the
right side; the nausea; fur upon tongue; indi-
geStion, and sick headache consequent upon in
activity of the liver and the diversion of the bile
from its proper channel Irregularity Of the bow
els is always and palnlessiy reformed by the
corrective indicated, which is infinitely to be pre-
ferred, both because it is safe and more effica-
ciouS to blue pill, calomel and drenching purga-
tves of every class. 1t cures and prevents fever
and ague, and rheumatism
Experiments made at Ottawa, Canada,
during the winter showed that Martini
bullets fired into bank of well-packed
snow were completely spent after traver-
sing a distance of not more than four
feet. Snider bullets, in hard-packed
snow,mixed with ice, but hard enough TIC
prevent digging into it with sheet-iron
shovel, did not penetrate more than four
feet. In perfectly dry snow, packed by
natural drift, but capable of being easily
crushed in the hand, a bullet penetrated
about four feet, and in loose-drifted snow
about seven feet, though flied from
points only twenty or thirty yards dis
tant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-16
Experiments made at Ottawa, Canada,

Mr.. Arthur Shurtlef, Parker, Dakota,
writes: sSt. Jacobs Oil will cure one
thing not advertised. It cured wart on
my finger which had for years." Price
Fifty cents.
Johnson" How are you, Old mani"
Thompson-"I'm sick" Indeed. Well,
If it wasn't for that you'd feel just as
good as any one. Why; you haven't SO
much to complain of, after ALL"
At TeFre Haute, Champaign County
Ohio, Mr.. Charles T. Powell was post
master, and he writes: Il have fine lot
u Polish Chickens. I gave them ST.
Jacobs Oil on a pill of bread for the
Group. 1t cured them. The next morn.
ing could not tell which of the chickens
had been sick.''
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
Soda Water for Exerxbodx

Mono lake is another sheet of water
that is full of soda, borax, and other
minerals in solution. The waters of both
Owens and Mono lakes is natural deter
gent. The dirtiest and greasiest of cloth
ing is made clean in half a minute by
simply rinsing the article in the lakes. 1t
fathers naturally when agitated. When
there is a high wind a wall of suds three
or four feet in height is seen along that
shore upon which the waves beat. This
quivering wall-in which are seen all the
colors Of the rainbow and as many beau
ties as are shown by the kaleidoscope
would grow to a height of ten or twelve
feet before topping over, but that when
it attains a certain height the wind
catches it up and watts great balls of it
far inland.
Some of these floating balloons of lather
are Us big as a flour barrel. As the pre-
vailing winds are from the west. all vege-
tation on the eastern shore of the lakes is
killed for a distance of many rods. When
there are unusually high winds the balls
Of suds are blown so far inland ss TO
reach clumps Of willows and other bushes,
the leaves of which are then seen to be
scorched as though by fire. The water,
just as it comes from the lakes, would
make an excellent shampoo for the use
of BARRIERS; and the solid matter resulting
from evaporation would make a fine
washing powder for laundry use.-Vir-
ginia City Enterprise.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
Children I'm Cairo.

II is the poor little children here that
most move me TO pity and make me lose
sight Of the wonderfully varied and pic
turesque Genes Of Cairo. The poor little
things, borne astride the shoulder Of their
mothers, often seem more dead than
alive, and the little hand elutching so
feebly, yet confidently, TO her headgear
is a sight most pitiful. II is said hat IS
per cent. of the children die here in in
fancy. have seen several funerals of
children. They are borne along the
streets in an open wooden box with a
gay pail thrown over it, a motley crowd
bearing the box and others following
chanting a song with not the least degree
Of feeling or soleminity. Neither the
mother nor any woman is eve allowed to
follow, and at the grave the child is
taken out of the box, and, scarcely
wrapped at all, is dropped into the sand.
Egypt Cor. Detroit Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
Seven Bibles Of the World.

The seven Bibles of the world are the
Koran of the Mahommedans, the Eddas
of the Scandinavians, the Try Pitikes of
the Buddhists. the Five Kings Of the
Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hindoos,
the Zendayesta. and the Scriptures of the
Christians. The Koran is not older than
the seventh century of u era. The
Eddas of the Scandinavians were pub
lished in the eleventh century, and are
the most recent of these seven Bibles.
The Pitikes of the Buddhists contain sub
lime morals and pure aspirations; their au-
thor lived and died in the seventh century
before Christ. The sacred writings of
the Chinese are called the Five Kings,
''king'' meaning webof cloth or the warp
that keeps the threads in their place.
They contain the hest sayings of the best
sages on the ethicopolitical duties of life.
These sayings cannot be traced to a period
higher than the eleventh century b. c.
The three Vedas are the most ancient
books of the Hindoos, and it is the opin-
ion of Max Muller, Wilson, johnson and
Whitney that they are not older than
eleven centuries d. c. The Zendavesta
of the Persians is the grandest of all the
sacred books next to u Bible. Zoroaster,
whose sayings it contains. was born in the
twelfth century b. C.-Boston Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
The Hrahmin,s Poetic Language.

Tho Tamil Brahmins have a peculiarly
poetic language, and though their ideas
are not always poetical, yet they are gen.
orally picturesque. The insect kingdom
is the human world in disguise, and ac-
cordingly they call the bee a Brahmin
from its selfish exclusiveness and its dis
like to insects other than bees; the wasp is
the videgar, or priest; the grasshopper and
locust, soldiers, from their destructive
qualities; O large insect, being a species of
glow worm, a cowherd or milkman; the
mosquito and the flea. household servants;
the bug, a doctor; the butterfly, a Brah-
min woman, and the horsefiy, a dog.
And, in conclusion, should any of my
readers ever desire the speedy departure
of a Brahmin from his house, ! have but
to say let him call into the room a dog
for to a pure Brahmin a dog or a fowl is
as much an adherence as is a hog to an
orthodox Hebrew or 10 faithful followers
of Mohammed.- San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
Fiction Must BE Interesting.

When all is said and done the first bust
ness of fiction is TO interest. If this bust.
ness be accomplished in a seemly manner,
without any violation OF decency aud mo-
rality. ito be sure, there is much virtue
in this ifD there can he no right reason
for complaint. The late George Henry
Lewes was not, perhaps, a extremely
wise man, but he made one very sensible
observation on this head. IF an author"
he wrote once in an essay on Dickens,
'if an author makes me laugh he is
humorous; he makes me cry he is pa
thetic. In vain will any one tell me that
such a picture is not laughable, is not pa
thetic; on that l am wrong in being
moved" Beyond this there is no pass
ing. Mr.. Lowell land you and /, good
reader, with him may prefer, when
we settle down in our arm chairs with a
book in III hands, TO be taken out of
ourselves and away from our neighbors,
a. far as this psychical transportation is
possible-those neighbors, whom in the
flesh we are always 30 glad TO see, and
whose affairs we are never weary Of dis.
cussing. But If our rfeighbors think diff
ferently, so let them think. -Macmillan's
Magazine,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03

The day will come when the present
mode Of protecting the foot Of the horse
will he discovered to be a mistake. Its
horny substance was eve intended TO
be pierced by nails. No wonder that so
many horses fall lame and are perpetually
ruined. We were recently shown a
horse shod in leather. Il struck us an
excellent idea and worthy Of adoption.
We should not be surprised that leather
shoes had superseded shoes Of iron. II.
however. iron be a necessity, let ii he
nailed on the leather shoe. Now, shoe
makers, please get up a neat set, and
show them to all your horsey friends.
Don't take ''no'' for an answer; stick TO
them ill you have overcome their mcju-
dices. When You have succeeded apply
Ia tho Society fm the Prevention Of
Cruelty 10 Animals for a medal, and If
they decline 10 give you n lie content
10 know that you have done more good
than the society In question with all its
wealth.-Scotch Paper. ife lh I
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
THE action of the building emplo

THE action Of the building employ
ers in Chicago commands earnest at.
tention from every thinker in the
land. Indeed, 1t is hard to find any
man, however little he thinks, who
has not given some consideration to
their action. 1t has been called a boy
cotting proceeding, but, even If this
charge were true. the answer Is ready,
ut lie only fighting a boycott with a
boycott" The boycott was a terrible
weapon as used against the man from
whom 1t took its name as was justified
by the circumstances attending that
well known case. 1t has been a fail.
ure In America. although working
great evil and harm. A failure be-
cause IL Is un-American, because IL has
not accomplished the ends, in the ma
jority Of cases. that were sought to be
attained, and because il is a BOOM
erang that can be directed against ~
blnatlons OF workingmen with even
more force than the combinations of
workingmen can direct it against
Others. The action Of the building
employers Of Chicago is an illustration
IA point. Practically speaking, 1t is q
boycott against labor unions and
Knights Of LABOR. It has as essential
to its success what II seldom had when
used by the w~orkingmen themselves,
plenty Of money. More than this, its
use will spread to other cities, where
employing builders and bosses will
combine against their workingmen
and carry the war into Africa. For
this combination of employers In self
defense the workingmen have nobody
TO blame but themselves and their
favorite weapon, the boycott.-Ex.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03

Yet the Turks-if they are not high
officials and have not lived in Paris.
from which they take home its vices
only-the Turks, I say, are neither
malicious, nor jealous, nor disloyal.
They are not ~intolerant, even, at least II
NO outside cause comes to wound their
pride, which Is all the more touchy as it
las no justification. But the Turks are
h~aughty-very unconscious Of it, how
overland are ignorant to a degree that
they do not even suspect. Their fanatic
ism is never fired by the sight of an alien
creed, by public professions, by Chris
tan festivals; as far a they are cor
cerned, all this has no existence. They
pass to one side; they see it, but do not
look at it. Their fanaticism, which in
reality asks for nothing more than to be
allowed to slumber as they do themselves,
is awakened only by a wound to the
Mussulmanic pride, by a palpable and
visible insult given to their beliefs.
Christian priests can traverse streets
with their insignia and their sacerdotal
costumes, preceded and followed by their
devotees, carrying banners, wax candles
and crosses, and singing with all their
might. The Turks would not get angry
at this any more than they would at a
procession of children with their dolls.
They ever praise their musicians and
their drums at the funerals of bishops
and the professions of Corpus Christi,
and nothing is more curious than the
sight of Turkish soldiers, in full uniform,
following with the most profound re-
spect the crucifix and the holy sacra.
ment.
But let a Christian take il into his head
to enter one of their mosques without
their authority and without submitting to
all the ceremonial Of Musselmanic humil-
ity, and they will drive him out in a
brutal manner. This is not intolerance;
it is obedience to the principle that every
man is master of his own house; and we
may be certain that when the so-called
Turkish fanaticism has inflicted severe
punishment upon European scoffers, or
upon persons that are too inquisitive, it is
not always the Turk that began the quar-.
rel between the disciple of Christ and the
/ follower of Mohammed.-M Emile Jul
lard in The Cosmopolitan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
NATIONAL LIBRARY At WASHINGTON.
Bare aud Curious Works-Queer Old
Understandable Autographs.

Bare aud Curious Works-Queer Old
Understandable Autographs.
The National library contains many
rare and curious works. II has SOM OF
the most valuable books ever published in
America, and among these is the first
American Bible printed in European
tongue in this country. 1t is a German
Bible, which was printed at Germantown
in 1743 and which Mr.. Spofford bought
at a book auction about two years ago.
It is kept in a box like cas- in one of the
alcoves Of the ground floor, am Is truly a
curiosity. Though not as thick as Web
ster pictionary, it weighs about as
much, and though printed v i20 years
ago, il is still in good condition. 1t is
about six inches thick and eight inches
wide, by ten or twelve inches long. It is
bound in oak boards, covered with a rich
brown leather, and ON its corners there
are heavy brass bosses, with little heads
jutting out of them to keep the leather
from resting ON the table. Its clasps are
of leather, with brass fasteners, and its
paper, now yellow with age, is printed in
queer old German type. The first page
is in colors, and ON the fly leaves there
are several genealogical records. 1t was
originally owned by a German, but in
1898 it was bought by Enoch Rittenhouse,
a member, l doubt not, of the old Ritten-
house family of Philadelphia.
Another Bible that the library has is
that printed for the Indians by John
Eliot in 1868. This is the first Bible
printed in America. II was printed in
Cambridge, and in the Indian tongue.
The library has a chapter devoted to
Bibles, and the chapter of theological
works is the largest in the library.
l looked at this big bookcase of Bibles
the other day; they are Of all sizes and
shapes, from the little vest pocket edition
to one big enough almost for a mounting
block for horses. They are in all dialects
and languages, and the Chinese Bibles
look like so many punches Of manila
wrapping paper. The print Of these
Bibles is as queer as the languages in
which they are printed, and they have
every style of types, from the illuminated
script of the monks of the middle ages
to the common print of to-day.
The manuscripts of the National library
include many valuable autographs.
Among them are two autograph journals
of George Washington, one of which
vas made during Braddock's expedition
and one in 1887, at Mt. Vernon. Here
is a private journal of Arthur Lee while
he was minister to France, at the break.
ing out Of the revolution, and there are
two volumes of an original military jour
nal of Maj. Gen. Greene, written now
over 100 years ago.
The National library was founded about
1901, and the first instalment of books
was carted TO Washington in trunks.
They were ordered from London, and
they cost altogether s., 000.-Frank G..
Carpenter in The Cosmopolitan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
Friday, June 3, 1857.
A APPOINTMENT attorney of Baltimore

A PROMINENT attorney of Baltimore
has prepared and will have introduce
ed in the Maryland legislature a bill
making voting compulsory on the part
of every citizen. This idea lie not q
new one, but the attempt to put 1t in
70 practice 10 an innovation and q
proper one. Our representative gov
eminent was founded upon the theory
that every man who was to be benefit
ted by 1t should, with proper restric-
tions, have q voice In the selection OF
rulers. With the growth of our insti.
buttons what was at first a privilege
has now become q duty, yet a duty
that is so often shirked as to make the
omission an alarming evil. The pc
culiar part of the trouble is that the
men who are the most interested In
good government are the most negli-
gent in the performance Of this impor-
tant duty. By statutory enactment
the state coD'pels OF its citizens the
rendition OF certain duties that are
looked upon as arduous and distaste-
ful, notably jury duty and obedience
TO a posse commitatus. The ground
work for these demands upon the time
and virtually unrequitted services of
the citizen lie that each lie obliged to
the community in return for the bene-
fit conferred, and it 10 essential to the
well being of all that the right to en-
force payment of the debt be made a
legal one. The number Of persons
who fail to vote is larger than is gen.
orally supposed, and 1t lie time the
direlict we're brought to judgment.
The proposed compulsory law has its
foundation In common sense and
broad equity, and should meet with
universal favor all over the land. The
man who will not take the time and
trouble to register and vote should be
made TO pay roundly for the omission.
Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03
1T lie too soon to cslculate accurately

IT lie too soon TO cslculate accurately
the effect Of the interstate law on rail.
road incomes. but Bradstreet has made
ss close y computation as possible, in
Guiding q hundred principal roads,
and finds an increase Of $1,000. 900
over April, 1885, or about sixteen per
cent. This may be only q part Of the
general business improvement for the
season. For the first four months OF
this year the increase has been $l0,.
100000, and that for April has only
been an average. nI
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-03

The choice OF so big q man as Sir
Edward Thornton TO represent the
bondholders in adjusting the debt Of
Virginia 10 said 10 be part Of u plan to
raise an Interpatiousl question, under
which u will be claimed that the
United States and mot Virginia - the
debtor. In consequence Of the result of
the war and the division Of the state.